“We are left with nothing to work with”; challenges of nurses working in the emergency unit at a secondary referral hospital: A descriptive qualitative study

• Agani Afaya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aagani@uhas.edu.gh

  Affiliations College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-2999

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• Victoria Bam,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Thomas Bavo Azongo,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Richard Adongo Afaya,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Vida Nyagre Yakong,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• George Kwame Kpodo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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• Robert Alhassan Kaba,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Health Policy and Implementation Research, Institute of Health Research University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4227-4854

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• Denis Albanus Nangsire Zinle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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• Daniel Kofi Tayuu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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• Stella Asantewaa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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• Peter Adatara

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

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